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Saturday, June 03, 2006

My Favorite Sweater Ever

From Cotton Knits for All Seasons by Debbie Bliss, this is the "Cotton/Silk Aran". Yarn: Cotton Ease in Licorice (Black)I added 3" to the length of the body and shortened the sleeves a smidge. I think it took me 6 skeins, but I didn't keep track as well as I should have, it might have been 5.

The maneuver with adding width to the front worked out fine, the side seams are an inch to the back and not noticable or bothersome at all.

I ended up with the wrong stitch count on the front and back bodies at the neck, but just eased it in and it turned out great.

9 Comments:

OK I am convinced! I bought the book, have the yarn, and don't have anything nearly as interesting on the needles at the moment. I will print out your pictures as a guide and will no doubt alter a few stitches, but will make this baby! Thanks for the inspiration. I lurve how this looks, and have wanted a raglan aran for-ever.

it is wonderful!!! I sat down and learned how to make cables after seeing this sweater. I don't have much confidence in following a pattern like that for a whole sweater yet but I don't see it as a total imposibility anymore. The patterning on that sweater is just exquisite.